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Date 7 mai 1833
Comté Northumberland
Lieu Chatham
Journal The Gleaner and Northumberland Schediasma
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
d. This morn., launching of barque "William" from building yard of William ABRAMS, Esq., little before 7 o'clock vessel slipped slowly and smoothly down into the clement beneath swoln to receive her amid the cheers of assembled spectators While engaged hatily in preparing to discharge a cannon, George SCOTT who must have been stooping at the cannon's mouth when it went off had his head severed from his body. Left wife, family. Inquest held before James Wright,Esq. coroner. Verdict: shot himself in a fit of madness to which he was subject.